The Folklore Museum in Apiranthos Naxos

The Folklore Museum in Apiranthos Naxos: The Naxos Folk Art Museum is located in the picturesque village of Apiranthos. It was initially established in 1966 and was re-established in 1987. It covers three rooms and is designed to look like the exact interior of a village house as it was in the 18th and early 19th century. It houses all kinds of folk items, including clothes, utensils, tools, traditional weavings and other interesting objects.

The museum contains the artwork of the Apiranthos women whose work resulted in the “krevataria”, a weaving that consists of 153 pieces and which was used to cover the bed. What makes this a great and admirable item is that even if one piece of the weaving is missing, then it cannot be complete since it contains combs, warps and other things that make it extremely complex.